At what “seems to be your attempted etymological use” hahaha my guy I gave you the definition out of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Like all of your definitions were “this is what this means in American politics” and oh “this is what it meant in the 17th century”. But you failed to address how can a conservative be the same thing as a reactionary given that:

A) Conservatives exist outside of US politics currently and in the present day, and they hold conservative views, and call themselves conservatives yet do not hold regressive views

B) That conservatives exist right now inside the US, who call themselves conservatives, and they are disgusted by everything the Trump administration is doing and do not hold regressive views

But look my dude, you win bro. You got the updoots. You got the trophy. We can send a notification to the encyclopedia that their definition and article is sorely outdated and that they should change it.